Questions tagged [properties]
Questions about accessing object properties or attributes while scripting
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Mesh Object property menu minimized. How can I reset it's window size? [closed]
I recently encountered a problem after adding some plugins from makertales gumroad. I am using blender debian installed via snap. Every time I add an object or change something that might open the ...
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How to create an enum dropdown that updates when an object is selected?
I have created an enum property that contains all UV maps of an object
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3Dmax "user defined properties" similar in Blender
Is there a way in add 'User Defined Properties' in Blender like in 3DMax
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The Active Tool Tab in the Properites Editor is Entirely Empty
I was doing some sculpting and went to change some of the settings on the tool I was using, but the Active Tool tab was entirely empty.
I don't know what could have caused this and I couldn't find ...
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State color for bone properties does not respond (i.e. turn orange) to changes from keyframed value
Essentially, the state color does not change to orange when a transformation is made to bones in my armature, which makes it difficult for me to keep track of which transforms have had a keyframe ...
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Change Material Properties of Multiple Materials
I'm importing hundreds of different textures into Blender and I want to change the blend mode on all of them from Alpha Blend to Opaque. I understand I will need to run a python command, however the ...
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Curve mapping in a Operator property panel?
I'd like to add a curve mapping in my operator's undo panel, along with its properties.
As far as I know, is not possible and is pretty hacky; we have to basically add a Curve node in shader tree, and ...
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How to add a curve2D/mapping property to an Operator? (Image inside, I don't know its name)
I would like to add this kind of curve property that I've seen in different Blender's operators to my custom operator:
(This one shows when we interpolate strokes in ...
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How to create a group of property groups?
I need to create various kind of materials, so I made myself an add-on to make it easier. But I have like two dozens of kind of materials, declined with hundreds of colors. Until now, i made it up ...
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How to pass arguments/parameters to an operator class (bpy.types.Operator)? [duplicate]
I am trying send an input argument to the class ModalTimerOperator(bpy.types.Operator) but failing to do so. I am trying to send a ...
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The lights object data properties has vanished
Using Blender 3.6.3 initially, just installed 3.6.4
At some point I realised that all Object data properties have gone meaning im unable to make further changes to the lights in the scene.
Tried many ...
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Triggering the Eyedropper from a certain color property in UI directly or via code?
Im trying to trigger this eyedropper for this color property (the vertex color in Paint mode in Grease pencil):
The eyedropper is triggered when pressing E but ...
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Accessing the ("Parent") PropertyGroup that stores another PropertyGroup/PointerProperty from the "child"?
Here is my question:
I have a CollectionProperty that contains PropertyGroups (lets call them "ObjectA" Class).
This ...
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Getting the default value of a Property? (bpy.prop)
I was wondering if we are able to get the default value used when defining a Blender property with bpy.prop..
For example, having this property group:
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How to make an int array/list property?
Maybe the question is dumb, but (appart of IntVectorProperty) I didn't found anything in the API, so I was wondering about the best way to make a simple list/array.
I tried:
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Why are my property changes to selected curves only applying to one curve? [duplicate]
If I select multiple curves, then change the properties, then the changes will only work on one curve. How do I make it work on all my selected curves?
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What's the difference between `bl_rna` and `rna_type`?
The code for accessing properties via bl_rna and rna_type gives the same result.
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Question about CollectionProperty and Polymorphism/inheritance
(Hi) I was wondering if its possible to create a CollectionProperty (collection_custom_objects) that contains, lets say a class <...
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Check if a Blender class has a property?
I need to check if a Blender class (In my case, GPencilLayer) has a certain property before executing some code.
I have tried:
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Geometry Nodes - Curve To Point - Rotation Problem
If I have one dot, it becomes a problem. but when there is more than one point due to the distance, it is difficult to rotate.emphasized text
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Tree instance geometry nodes don't follow the weight painting
I'm follwing this Youtube tutorial, my trees just spawn randomly without following the weight painting on the landscape plane.
Blend file
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Low poly render shows grey polygons
I'm new to 3D, when I try to render my first model it shows some grey polygons throughout the body of the character. Face Orientation is all correct. I'm using Cycles... Eevee makes the render a ...
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Access the original object data path where a property/object is stored in?
I have a kind of theoric question.
I've registered a PropertyGroup Class to the GreasePencil class/type, lets call it ...
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Custom properties get lost through Asset Library
I try to append custom properties to my collection and object in the hopes the asset library would carry them over when appended to a scene.
Unfortunately they are lost when appending or linking.
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Mirror expression
How can I rewrite an expression?
I have this expression written by Leander
min(1, max(0, Rest - CL) / max(0.001, FL-CL)) * 0.1
It drives a variable bone from 0 to ...
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Unable to Access Registered Class Properties (Properties Grouped in Class)
I'm grouping my properties in a class
like this:
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What is the propper way to get the active Grease Pencil object from code?
Newbie here trying to understand better how things work.
I'm making a GreasePencil addon, and I need to access the active grease pencil object a lot. I accessed it ...
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How can I change PropertyGroup properties (IntProperty, FloatProperty etc) after Operator executed using the PropertyGroup?
How to make changes in the last action menu affect the operation with properties passed in, like if I change them in the ...
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Can't set blend_mode property in GPencilLayer from code
Im trying to set the blend_mode property of a GPencilLayer in the setter of an EnumProperty, so, when that enum changes, also ...
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How to use getter/setter in a EnumProperty?
Im having so much trouble using the getter/setter for an EnumProperty. I have my property definition like:
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Getting the "disabled" version of an icon?
Is it possible to get the disable version of an icon? I mean, like when we set the layout.enabled = False?
(I need a property to look (only look) as disable, but ...
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Sort grease pencil layers?
I would like to know if its possible to sort the grease pencil's layers property collection, like we can sort any other collection.
Like, maybe kind of accessing ...
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Objects seem to merge and join, in Particle Property
Oranges in the image below seem to enter each other as they fall through(Particle property). How do I prevent it?
(Look at bottom of image for reference)
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Some faces don't show the assigned material
I did a random selection and assigned a new yellow material to them. The image below shows all the selected faces on which I assigned the material. However, as you can see, only few of them have the ...
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Disappearing object animation not immediate
Despite keyframeing the objects at different times, they seem to simultaneously spawn and disappear at the same time, when running animation. How do I get these objects to appear and disappear as per ...
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Whats the propper way to use getters? (Trying to understand them)
I have some little question related to getters:
After looking at the console, I saw I had lots of this errors:
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How to avoid drawing an UIList item in draw_item?
I have an UIList drawing a collection of items.
When those items have a property (bool) draw_in_ui set to False, I would like to avoid it from drawing in draw_item() function:
I thought about ...
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Editing Vertices, Edges, & Faces in Edit Mode
I have a FloatProperty that I'm displaying in a Panel in the VIEW_3D. With its get and set ...
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How to avoid circular imports? (How to import modules)
In Blender, as far as I know (please point me if I'm wrong), we can't make:
import some_file_in_our_folder
(With modules inside our addon folder). This forces us ...
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Having a PointerProperty with the same type as the current class?
Im making an "Element class". Every element can be parented to another element. So, I would like to have a parent property like:
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Store different clases in a Collection property? (Like a list)
I need to have a collection that stores different classes (would contain only 2 classes specifically).
In other words, is like I'd like that collection to "act" as some kind of (generic) ...
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EnumProperty UI 'Dropdown List' Not Displaying in UI element
So I am writing a little add-on for myself (whilst learning UI dev for Blender) and I am attempting to add a DropDown element via an Enum using EnumProperty.
However, after a successful compiling it ...
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How can I use texture properties texture in material properties? [duplicate]
I want to put the stripe texture on my shoe's vamp, and I find that the wood texture in texture properties is correspond to the texture I want. How can I use the texture in texture properties to ...
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How can I set render settings using bpy?
I want to set my render settings to specific configuration , as in the following image
I tried the following script to attempt it
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Display in viewport becomes orthographic
Under World Properties, I added a Studio HDRI as an environment, and I suspect I must have messed with options within it.
It looks like this now (orthographic)
This is what I want (Perspective)
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Copy a PropertyGroup class variable into another variable
I need to assign the value of a variable (that is an instance of a class that derives from PropertyGroup) to another variable (that also derives from the same class as that variable).
However, doing:
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Accesing individual values in PropertyGroup via .prop in the menu
I need some help with properties. I have a property class, pretty straight forward stuff
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Orphan/lost data when renaming a property
I'm registering a property to the grease pencil:
bpy.types.GreasePencil.old_property_name = bpy.props.PointerProperty(type=MyCustomClass)
I've decided to refactor/...
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Refactoring a type (PointerProperty) and rename (old) data in .blend files
I have a little question.
I registered this property in GreasePencil:
bpy.types.GreasePencil.old_property_name = bpy.props.PointerProperty(type=MyCustomClass)
I ...
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Object Data Properties Tab missing?
For creating cables, I extrude a single vert until i have my desired shape. I then select the shape and an 'Object Data Properties' tab will appear. From there I can increase the bevel depth ...
